Environment and Sustainability Lead

Environment and Sustainability Lead

Amentum

Whitehaven, United Kingdom

The Role:

The Environment and Sustainability Lead is the senior environmental and sustainability authority within PPP, responsible for integrating environmental protection, compliance, and environmental sustainability performance across all partners and projects. This role ensures that environmental requirements are embedded into engineering design, construction delivery, risk management, commercial frameworks, and site operations.

We are seeking a passionate and strategic Environment and Sustainability Lead to join us supporting our clients creating a cleaner, safer environment for future generations. You’ll be instrumental in embedding sustainable practices across a portfolio of highly complex and critical national infrastructure projects in the nuclear decommissioning industry and adjacent areas.

Working across a collaborative delivery ecosystem comprising designers, integrators, civil and process engineering experts, you will drive innovation, culture change, and ESG impact, shaping some of the UK’s most important projects.

As a Environment and Sustainability Lead you will have a:

• High level of professional knowledge and skills in sustainable engineering design, building physics, compliance modelling and operational energy assessments.
• Demonstrable experience in operational energy and life cycle carbon costing is highly desirable.
• Strong working knowledge of sustainability including best practice benchmarks, reporting, tools and techniques e.g. BREEAM, CEEQUAL, PAS2080.
• A commitment to sustainability with a strong sense of purpose and drive to make a positive difference within a sustainable business context.
• A track record of effectively collaborating, innovating and driving sustainable outcomes through project design processes.

This exciting role will incorporate, leadership and support relating to project development and general environmental management work, assisting projects to meet legal and company requirements and to drive improved environmental performance.  Promoting best environmental and a commitment to sustainability with a strong sense of purpose and drive to make a positive difference within a sustainable business context practice and improved business management of environmentally related issues.

What you will need as an Environment and Sustainability Lead:

• Degree or equivalent knowledge & experience in Sustainability, Environmental Management, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience leading sustainability on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of UK sustainability legislation, standards (e.g. PAS2080, ISO 14001), and carbon/net zero frameworks.
• Skilled in managing stakeholder engagement and translating complex data into clear, compelling narratives.
• Collaborative and pragmatic approach, seeing the bigger picture, whilst mindful of the stringent regulatory environment we and clients routinely operate in.
• Membership of IEMA, CIOB, ICE, or similar recognised body; working towards or holding Chartership is preferred.
• Experience with or good working knowledge of BREEAM, LEED, WELL, or similar certifications.
• Good knowledge of PAS2080 and experience in its implementation.
• Familiarity with Science-Based Targets, carbon accounting platforms, or social value measurement frameworks.